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Jesus Appears to the Disciples<br />
19 When it was evening on that day, the first day of the week, and the doors of the<br />
house where the disciples had met were locked for fear of the Jews, Jesus came<br />
and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you.” 20 After he said this, he<br />
showed them his hands and his side. Then the disciples rejoiced when they saw<br />
the Lord. 21 Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent<br />
me, so I send you.” 22 When he had said this, he breathed on them and said to<br />
them, “Receive the Holy Spirit. 23 If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven<br />
them; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained.”<br />
Jesus and Thomas<br />
24 But Thomas (who was called the Twin), one of the twelve, was not with them<br />
when Jesus came. 25 So the other disciples told him, “We have seen the Lord.”<br />
But he said to them, “Unless I see the mark of the nails in his hands, and put my<br />
finger in the mark of the nails and my hand in his side, I will not believe.”<br />
26 A week later his disciples were again in the house, and Thomas was with them.<br />
Although the doors were shut, Jesus came and stood among them and said,<br />
“Peace be with you.” 27 Then he said to Thomas, “Put your finger here and see my<br />
hands. Reach out your hand and put it in my side. Do not doubt but<br />
believe.” 28 Thomas answered him, “My Lord and my God!” 29 Jesus said to him,<br />
“Have you believed because you have seen me? Blessed are those who have not<br />
seen and yet have come to believe.”<br />
The Purpose of This Book<br />
30 Now Jesus did many other signs in the presence of his disciples, which are not<br />
written in this book. 31 But these are written so that you may come to believe that<br />
Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that through believing you may have life<br />
in his name.<br />
John 20:19-31 (NRSV)<br />
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